Litologiczna charakterystyka osadów w stanowisku Koźmin Las i ich interpretacja paleogeograficzna
Lithological characteristics of deposits of the site Koźmin Las and their palaeogeographical interpretation

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the location, history of research and methods used to study the deposits of the Kożmin Las profile from the Warta River valley, Koło Basin. The depositional sequence at the site was grouped into three lithological units, and thus were distinguished: a braided river alluvium (lower unit – „a”), organic and mineral-organic deposits of a meandering river (middle unit – „b”) and alluvia of a multichannel river (upper unit – „c”). Lithological characteristics of the units comprises structural and textural description and geochemical analysis, i.e. organic matter concentration, content of calcium carbonate, content of terigenic and biogenic silica in the deposit. Deposits forming the individual units have been assigned to different alluvial environments. Chronological framework was established on the basis of radiocarbon and OSL dating. Particular attention was paid to the organic and mineral-organic material of the middle unit („b”), with remains of the trees which evidence the existence of riparian forest in the Late Vistulian. These deposits were interpreted in relations to the changes of the Warta River channel pattern in the Upper Plenivistulian and Late Vistulian time until the Holocene beginning.

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